Selective Materials Plan (23.3) plans only for items and sites you select. It can be run in net change mode by setting the Required Items Only field to Yes, or in regenerative mode by setting Required Items Only to No.
You can use Selective Materials Plan to plan master schedule items separately from other items, or to plan small groups of items by using buyer/planner, product line, group, type, supplier, or any combination of these, as selection criteria.
Guidelines:
• Only master schedulers should use this program.
• This program plans down one level only.
QAD Proprietary 2008-MRP-PR-110
Selective Materials Plan
• It can be run in net change mode by setting the Required Items Only field to Yes, or in regenerative mode by setting Required Items Only to No.
• You can use Selective Materials Plan, (23.3) to plan master schedule items separately from other items, or to plan small groups of items by using buyer/planner, product line, group, type, supplier, or any combination of these, as selection criteria.
In the selection fields, enter data for the criteria relevant to your needs; bypass fields by leaving them blank.
Field Definitions
The information below describes the key fields in Selective Materials Plan, (23.3).
Item Number/To
Enter the range of item numbers that you want to update.
Site / To
Enter the range of sites that you want to update.
Master Scheduled Items
• Yes = Replan those items flagged Master Sched = Yes in Item Planning Maintenance, (1.4.7).
• No = Ignore these items.
Non Master Scheduled Items
• Yes = Replan those items flagged Master Sched flag = No in Item Planning Maintenance, (1.4.7).
• No = Ignore these items.
MRP Items
• Yes = Replan items flagged as Plan Orders = Yes in Item Planning Maintenance, (1.4.7).
• No = Ignore these items.
DRP Items
• Yes = Replan distribution items:
Distribution items are flagged as Pur/Mfg = D in Item Planning Maintenance, (1.4.7) This flag may only be set to Yes if the DRP/MRP Combined flag in the DRP Control File is set to Yes
Normally these items are planned using DRP calculations
• No = Ignore these items.
Required Items Only
• Yes = Include only items flagged for replanning. The system flags replanning whenever a change is made affecting order timing or quantity, including changes to:
Planning data Inventory balanc Product structure
Purchase requisitions and orders Sales orders
Work orders Master schedule Repetitive schedule Forecast
• No: include all selected items.
Resolve Low Level Codes
• Yes = Analyze and resolve all low level codes.
• No = Ignore the low level codes.
Note If low level codes are unresolved when MRP is run, the results of the MRP run may not be totally accurate.
Synchronized Calculation
Determines whether this MRP/DRP calculation is to be run simultaneously with other calculations sharing the same synchronization code. Synchronized calculations benefit you if you have Symmetric Multiple Processor (SMP) computers.
Synchronization Code
A user-defined alphanumeric code that is shared by multiple, concurrent synchronized MRP/DRP calculations.
Buyer/Planner, Prod Line, Group, Item Type, Supplier, Pur/Mfg fields
If you enter a code in any of these fields, MRP limits planning to items so flagged.
Review Action Messages
Action messages suggest courses of action to resolve problems found by MRP.
MRP Action Messages:
QAD Proprietary 2008-MRP-PR-120
MRP Processing
Verify Low Level Codes
Calculate Requirements
Review Action Messages
Approve Planned Orders
Review MRP Information
Calculate the Capacity Plan
Message Meaning
Beginning Quantity Less Than Zero Indicates that the initial nettable quantity on hand is negative.
Beginning Available Less Than Zero Indicates that the quantity on hand less safety stock is negative.
Create Indicates that a supply order should be created to satisfy a negative projected on hand balance. This message is only generated if Plan Orders is No or if a new requirement appears within the time fence.
De-Expedite Indicates that a scheduled supply order is due before it is needed and should be delayed, or demand rescheduled to an earlier date.
Expedite Indicates that a scheduled supply order is due after it is needed and should be rescheduled to an earlier date, or demand rescheduled to a later date.
Cancel Indicates that a scheduled supply order is no longer needed and should be deleted.
Release Due For Indicates that a supply order should be released. If it is a planned order, it must also be approved.
Use the Order Release Horizon field in the MRP Control File, (23.24) to specify the number of days prior to the order release date for this action message to display.
Release Past Due For Indicates that a supply order was not released when it was due, and should be either released or expedited now, or the demand rescheduled for a later date.
Quantity Less than Minimum Indicates that a supply order was created for a quantity less than the minimum quantity set in the item planning data.
Quantity Exceeds Maximum Indicates that a supply order was created for a quantity greater than the maximum quantity set in the item planning data.
Past Due Indicates that a scheduled supply order receipt is past due.
Time Fence Conflict Indicates that there is an unsatisfied material requirement inside the planning time fence for this item. You should either manually schedule and expedite orders to fill this demand or delay fulfillment of the requirement that created the demand.
Shipment Due Indicates that a shipment for an intersite request item is due. Action should be taken at the source site to ensure that the order is received on time.
Shipment Past Due Indicates that a shipment for an intersite request item is past due. You should either delay the orders that created the requirement for the item or expedite them when the item does arrive.
No Source Of Supply Indicates that the planning data for an intersite request item does not specify a valid source network for the date an intersite request is required.
Planned Order Count Exceeds Maximum
Indicates that the maximum allowable number of 9999 planned orders per day has been generated by an item-site.
Calculation for other items is not affected.
Message Meaning